
Collection: Osher Map Library Sheet Map Collection
Title: Africae: described the manners of their habits and buildinge newly done into English by I.S. are to be sold by Tho. Basset in Fleet Street and Ric: Chiswell in St. Paul's Church yard.
Alternative Title: Description of Africa
Barcode: 48022
Creator: Goos, Abraham, Bassett, Thomas, Chiswell, Richard (1639 -1711), Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Region Depicted: Africa · Eastern Africa · Horn of Africa · North Africa · Northeast Africa · Northwest Africa · Nile River (Egypt) · Nile River Delta (Egypt) · Egypt · Madagascar · Algiers · Algeria · Libya · Alexandria, Egypt · Mozambique
Date Produced: 1676
Date Published: 1676
Language: English
Subjects: Elephants · Camels · Lions · Ostriches · Nile River Delta (Egypt)
Dimensions: 36 x 45 cm on sheet 44 x 54 cm
Notes: Oval vignettes of eight African cities on top of map. Includes illustrations of ten African people in traditional costumes along the sides of the map. Also included are illustrations of animals, birds, sea monsters, ships and historical notes. Verso: Text describing Africa. "Abraham Goos sculpsit."
Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/48022.0001